Speaking to reporters on Friday, Jokowi challenged the PDI-P to prove its claim that the Corruption Eradication Commission’s (KPK) naming of Hasto – an outspoken critic of the former president – as a graft suspect was politically motivated and that he had a hand in kick-starting the investigation in the first place.

Jokowi was responding to a statement by PDI-P executive Deddy Yevri Sitorus on Wednesday that the former president sent an unnamed individual to the PDI-P’s office on Dec. 14 to pressure the party into refraining from firing Jokowi and instead expelling Hasto, or risk criminal investigations being opened into nine other members.

“There is no such thing as [what Deddy claimed]. What’s the logic of me sending a representative? What would I gain from it?” Jokowi said, adding that Deddy should have revealed the identity of the representative to make his accusation clearer.

“I have been silent. Even when I am slandered, I keep quiet. Even when I am criticized, I keep quiet. Even when I am badmouthed, I keep quiet. But there’s a limit,” he said.

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Deddy, in turn, reportedly has responded to Jokowi’s remarks by saying that Jokowi has a habit of hiding the truth with contradictions.

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